Stopple receptacle



(No Model!) L. S. HOY'I'.

STOPPLE REOEPTACLE. No. 315,504. PatentedApr. 14., 1885.

1 r n I I u l a I I I I Human STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWVIS S. HOYT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ALBERT G.

' SMALLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

STOPPLE -RECEPTACLE.

SPEGIFI'JATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 315,504, dated April14, 1885. Application filed January 5, 1885. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LEwIs SrEBBINs How, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Messachusetts, have invented a new and useful Elastic Receptacle and Pullfor Stopples, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an outer covering or receptacleconstructed and arranged to contain, preferably, imperfect stopples,united with a strengthening-bar to impart inflexibility and give them anappreciable commercial value.

To carry my invention into effect, I produce a receptacle from thincaoutchouc, molded and vulcanized to conform to the general shape of thestopple it is designed to cover, and of the various dimensions required.

In the manufacture of said receptacle care is employed to produce auniform thickness and density of material, being made sufficiently thickto withstand the attrition of the earthen or glass wall of the vesselsneck. Through thetop of said receptacle a circular opening is formed,central in its upper diameter, for the admission of the stopple in theact of covering.

It will be observed when assorting the receptacles a size smaller thanthe cork or stopple designed to cover should be selected, that thecontraction of the receptacle may compress uniformly all portions of theexterior of said stopple after the same is inclosed.

To facilitate the withdrawal of the stopple from the neck or mouth ofthe vessel, a pull is attached, in its aggregations comprising aneyebolt, a convex circular centrally-perforated cover or washer, and adouble circular liftingring. In connecting said pull to its stopple, theeyebolt is first thrust from the top longitudinally through said stoppledownward, where its end is bent at an acute angle to form a secureholdfast. The receptacle is now drawn over the stopple, and the cover isthen placed over the eye and pressed firmly down, so that the eye shallpenetrate the slotted aperture and rest on a level with the lower innercircular circumference of said. eye, its overlying flanged peripheryresting upon and confining the edge of the circular opening in thereceptacle. At this stage the double lifting'ring is placed through theeye and rotated until the position of said eye is between the abuttingends of the ring. Thejpurpose'j'prh ring to the drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which Figure 1 exhibits in perspective myimproved invention inclosing a stopple with its attachments complete.Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal central section through receptacle, ring,cover, and stopple with bar in elevation. Fig. 3 shows the method offorming and cutting the lifting-rings. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of theelastic receptacle in part section to exhibit its interior. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the aggregate devices comprising the pull. Fig. 6 isa view in perspective of the double lifting-ring.

Similarletters of referenceindicate like parts in the various viewsthereof.

A is the receptacle, of caoutchouc, inclosing a stopple. B isthe topprovided with the circular expansive opening 0 for the admis sion of thestopple D. E indicates the perforated convex cover, and F designates thebinding periphery. G is the strengtheningbar, with its lower end orpoint, H, turned at an acute angle, to prevent its straightening whenforce is employed to withdraw the stopple from the vessel. I is the headof said bar, formed into an eye to receive the double liftingring J. Inthe formation of said ring awire of suitable size is closely coiled indesired lengths. The coils are then severed, as shown in Fig. 3, so thatthe cut ends K K very nearly abut, and acting against each side of thebolt-head I when in position serves to confine said ring in its place,preventing rotation.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent and claim 1. The receptacle A, having converging or parallelsides forming a chamber, 1), for the reception of a stopple, incombination with the aggregate devices E J G, constituting the pull,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a flexible stopple-reeeptacle, the combination of the perforatedconvex annular flanged cover E, confining the circular elastic edge ofthe receptacle-orifice O, the double lift-ring J, and right-angledstrengthening-bar G, whose circular head I doubly operates to receivesaid'double ring and to oppose the severed ends K of the same to preventits rotation, substantially for the purpose specified.

3. In a stopple-receptacle, the combination of a convex perforatedbinding-cover, E, and bar G with the double lifting-ring J, havingopposing ends K K, abutting against each side of the bolt-head I,substantially as described.

, 4. V In combination with an open-topped elastic chamberedstopple-receptacle, the double lifting-ring J the perforated annularflanged convex cover E, and strengthening-bar G, all 20 LEWIS s. HOYT.

XVitnesses:

FRED Fiinnow, W CHARLES H. PRATT.

